1 A painter painted our house last month.
We had our house painted last month.
2 The hairdresser is cutting my hair this afternoon.
3 Someone has stolen my motorbike.
4 The dentist has taken out all of Ricky’s teeth.
5 I haven’t been to the car-wash for a long time.
6 The men are coming to put in the new central heating on Saturday.
7 Someone broke Harry’s nose in a fight.
8 Isn’t it time someone fixed your television?
8 Rewrite each sentence so that it contains a passive form, and does not contain the words in italics.
1 Apparently, Freddie has a wife in Scotland.
Freddie is said to have a wife in Scotland.
2 Nobody knows anything about Brenda’s family.
3 People think that someone started the fire deliberately.
4 You should ask a doctor to see to that cut.
5 People say that Chris was in the army.
6 My trousers need to be pressed before I leave.
7 No-one has signed this letter.
8 Mary’s hair still needs cutting.
